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Anyone else feel like they walked into Pee Wee's Playhouse in #2?!😂 Really liked #1 and #4. Nicely done, Mark. Anyone would be stoked to have such a lovely, functional kitchen!

Your kitchen layout is best, both in design and functionality. Number 2 is hard on the eyes, and obviously designed for someone who does not cook. Great concept for a video!

Love this video. It'll be great to see more of these. I enjoyed how you created the layout of the content. If I had to choice to hire from any of the 4, you'd definitely get the job. Whilst the design of the other 3 were good and obviously they were designers, you've just proved you don't have to be a designer to create something great with practicality. Great video Mark👌

My toddlers would love kitchen number 2 lol. The 3rd one looked like a restaurant. 😆

🤣☝🏼👍🏽❣️@4:26, I can see you have almost the EXACT same layout I've been aiming for in my kitchen (as we very slowly diy it!). It is SO nice to hear YOU would do it the same! Every place we've ever lived my complaint was that the kitchen was designed by people who do not use them! And now I've found Your Channel❤️❣️ Totally bing watching this whole weekend!

As usual, Mark, loving the functionality of this redesign. You've given me a lot to think about for layout. I would have liked to see a final shot of the original kitchen alongside the remodels, but I know that would have been a lot to view given there were 4 remodels, including yours. However, I think I like yours best. Just toss in some decor embellishments and no one would be the wiser! Good job.

Nice video. On my side, I would not go for a sink on the island... When (or if) you cook, it is nice to be facing your guests (or family members) who sit on the other side of the island. And you never can load everything in your dishwasher so you will end up having dishes drying on your island, which will look messier than if you have the sink facing the window (not to mention that cleaning up is usually a lonely task so you can look outside while cleaning up the pans...). For the ventilation on the island, if you don't want a big piece coming down the ceiling, you could have a downdraft vent... And last, you could use the dead space with a counter mount compost bin, making this corner your prep space with the fridge/ pantry on the right corner and sink on the other... ;)

WoW! I had never heard of these draw out overhead cabinet mechanisms before. Very useful!

Design #3 looked like a restaurant. It would be the 1st and last one for me. The first one due to all of the natural light and the stove hood. The last one is functional, you can see the focal point whereas they have the range hidden in the back.

Wow, these designs were really different. If I had to pick one it would be your design. I didn't care for the colorful funky kitchen nor the darkness of the other two. Yours was bright, functional & made sense. Thanks for sharing your creativity. Be well.

The second one, for me, would be a complete reject! 🤦‍♀️ It was comical in fact, the light fittings and island reminds me of a transformers moving 🤣 Maybe I’m getting old 😂😂

Love the aesthetics of the first kitchen the functionality of your design although I know it was a mock digital design…don’t knock your style and know how…many people ordinary people like me need real design as well as functionality…did I say functionality…🤣anyway keep doing what you do because you do it best🤩looking for your channel to reach so many more subs👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💯don’t compare yourself to anyone…your life style and family are beautiful, especially Gammy💐Blessings and GREAT SUCCESS TO THE TOBIN CREW AND GAMMY TOO❤️🌷

Whoo! Thanks Mark for doing this video! Can definitely tell your design is more function than artistic. It's similar to the first AD design in that respect.

Love this concept for your video.

Hey Mark! Still digging your work. Haven't commented lately but I watch and like every single vid! Take care.

I'm a creature of function therefore the obvious choice is yours. Looks good too! The second 1 looks like it's part of a fun house.

I liked the video. That second kitchen island really sucked! Am I the only one that thinks it looks like a toy elephant standing in the room? I was not a fan. I loved the functional elements of your kitchen Mark, but I thought you could have made the island just a little wider to align the sink with the range more. Hopefully that would still leave room to access the fridge and stuff, but it would be a tighter walk. The designer kitchens held plenty of visual interest, but yours packed way more practicality and functionality in my opinion.

Love vertical lift cab in your kitchen. For sheet pan/tray storage, my cab designer is creating a divided cabinet above the fridge/pantry - easy to reach the front to pull out items, and utilizes all of that deep storage. I would choose your design! Very classy.

Although that second kitchen is awful, the far wall unit with the door opening in your face might have a hinge that opens almost 180° like mine does. I actually use the inside of that door to hang my measuring cups and spoons as well some other small things because of the lack of useful drawer space in my kitchen, so I like it better than a wide single door that would open in front of my window.

Hands down yours was the best! I'd have integrated that fridge though! 😂

Great video!!!🤗😁

Your kitchen is the best to live in. I designed a kitchen too recently and had only open shelves. It was driven by budget choice as it costs a fortune here and also wanted to have more breathing space. I am sure I will take a part of them out later and combine with upper cabinetry.

Sooo, if you wanna LOOK at a kitchen, maybe an AD designer, if you want to own stuff and use a kitchen, ask Mark.

I like your design the best as well.

I liked all but the second one, which looks like a child designed it. Yours looks very functional. I can’t say I’m a fan of island sinks, but otherwise, I like it a lot.

Although I like your design best, I think I would have tried to make the island a little bit longer (and/or a bit farther from the window wall) and maybe made the drawer unit in the island a bit narrower so I could get the pull out trash in the island closer to the sink, or tried to put the trash in a pullout under the sink. I’m guessing you didn’t do either way because you wanted dishes stored in the island drawer bank and the farmhouse sink made the cabinet under the sink too short for a pullout there. But I think I’d rather put away dry dishes on the other wall in one of the drawer units by the stove (is there room to open the dishwasher at the same time drawers are opened to the left of the stove?) than to carry wet trash from the sink across the floor to where you placed the trash pullout. Just a thought. Would love to know your thoughts on why you placed the trash where you did.

Great video Mark! Call me old fashioned but I like the original kitchen. The second professional design looks like something from Willy Wonka or Alice in Wonderland. I couldn't imagine the average person having a kitchen like that. What in the world would the rest of the house look like?! To make this a fair comparison the walls, doors, ceilings and windows should remain the same. Most people probably don't have a budget to tear out half a wall and put in a ton windows or do all the elaborate changes to the the structure of the room. Your design to me outshines the others visually and functionally.

As soon as I saw the 2nd design... circus was the first thing that came to mind.... I did not like it at all... the 3rd one felt like I was in a lounge/bar... the 1st one and yours were the best, hands down!

The second design! What On Earth was that?!?! I liked the function of yours the best, but that second one….I’m still trying to get my sight back.

Wouldn't the handles of the fridge prevent the overhead cabinet insert from fully dropping down? The handles are massive!!

2:13 Geez! That looks like something out of the Chuck Jones cartoon "Nightmare Daffy". Those colors don't disagree with each others' company, they have actively taken out murder contracts. Those electroliers look like the Martians from the 1950s movie version of _War of the Worlds_ and the cabinets are a step back from the original. _Feh_ ! Hideous! And who rubbed the mustard pot all over the walls and ceiling?

while the stools just aren't my style, I actually only have one question / comment - How do you get a hot dish out of the appliance above your refrigerator without spilling the hot contents on your head?

This was really interesting! That second island is HORRIBLE. How many legs does it have? Can anyone sit at it? It was also ugly, but I didn't like much in that kitchen. I think I liked your design best. It looked nice, but it also looked the most functional. (I suppose I am a function over form gal.) Thank you for sharing.

6:30 Did you consider adding a pull-down for the top shelf in that cabinet, or perhaps making the pull-down a full-height mechanism?

I only saw this today, but I must comment. My first observation is one you made. There's basically nothing wrong with the existing kitchen (although your design did improve it, maybe - I'm not sure if there's as much storage). Which brings me to my bottom line point/question: How much would it cost to do the various proposed renovations, and are those changes really worth the cost? I'd be curious to know what your design would cost since you probably have a fairly good idea (and I'm pretty sure yours will be the least expensive). By the way, I'm getting an OTR microwave/vent (the same basic model as Jackie of All Trades) to replace my 200 CFM harvest gold hood vent that isn't completely functional - only one of the two fan speeds works, among other things). That's because my galley kitchen is all of 72 square feet, and has very limited counter space.

By order of preference: your design, the original design, A.D. #1. That's it. I have absolutely no desire to look at the other two ever again and the idea of facing them before coffee in the morning is ... just no.

Cute but not that practical for a real cook! Never get rid of space no matter how difficult it is to access Sinks in an island are pretty but very impractical Food gets washed prepped and cooked so you want a clear straight line from the si k to the stove or you’ll be dropping stuff burning food etc

OMG! Architectural Digest used to be THE design bible for architects and interior designers until Anna Wintour took it over and turned it into a huge, bloated mess of pretension and over-consumption. The BEST design magazine now is Dwell. That said, I think that: Kitchen #1 was the "best" of their “architectural” choices (out of a bad lot). Kitchen #2 was a joke. The only bit of pleasure I would get after being presented with this kitchen design would be firing the designer. I especially hated the dinette chairs. The posts holding up the backrest looked like an actual human spine (maybe “Vertebrae” is the “in” look this year). Kitchen #3 was…….frightening? Is it supposed to be the lounge at Hogwarts? All those giant floating candles. And those dinette chairs! Very Hawaiian luau - in a bad sort of way. Your kitchen was certainly much better than any of theirs but I did have a couple of questions. It’s great to have that pulldown unit in the cabinet over the fridge but how will anyone under 6’3” manage to close that vertical cabinet door? Why not attach the door to the front of the pulldown unit so that the door and handle both come down to a manageable height? As to your island, it looks like there is a cabinet with double doors under the farmhouse sink. Wouldn’t it be better to change that to two separate drawer panels that are attached to two inner pullout trays so that when you open them everything slides out into view?